diff --git a/meta/classes-global/insane.bbclass b/meta/classes-global/insane.bbclass
index a4dbc9a123..114781c780 100644
--- a/meta/classes-global/insane.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-global/insane.bbclass
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ WARN_QA ?= " libdir xorg-driver-abi buildpaths \
             missing-update-alternatives native-last missing-ptest \
             license-exists license-no-generic license-syntax license-format \
             license-incompatible license-file-missing obsolete-license \
+            32bit-time \
             "
 ERROR_QA ?= "dev-so debug-deps dev-deps debug-files arch pkgconfig la \
             perms dep-cmp pkgvarcheck perm-config perm-line perm-link \
@@ -513,6 +514,11 @@ def check_32bit_symbols(path, packagename, d, elf, messages):
     """
     Check that ELF files do not use any 32 bit time APIs from glibc.
     """
+    thirtytwo_bit_time_archs = set(('arm','armeb','mipsarcho32','powerpc','x86'))
+    overrides = set(d.getVar('OVERRIDES').split(':'))
+    if not(thirtytwo_bit_time_archs & overrides):
+        return
+
     import re
     # This list is manually constructed by searching the image folder of the
     # glibc recipe for __USE_TIME_BITS64.  There is no good way to do this